Apparatus for water purification.



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- APPARATUS FOR' WATER PURYIFICATION.

Patented- De; 1 5, 1914.

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INVENTOR unirsi) Asfrarits Param" ormonroim PATTEN, or BALTIMORE, ,MARYLANn-Assianoa er ONE-Hana* ro SAMUEL mt.

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A Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led September 4, 1914. Serialf No. 860286-h f To all wao/)mit may concern making,

Beit known that I, timore, in the State of. Maryland, have in vented certainnew and, useful Improve` ments in, Apparatus. for Water Purification; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexactv description of the invention, such'y as will enable others skilled in theart tol whichfit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for the purification of water, one object of the invention being to provide apparatus which will operate effectually to eliminate all organic matteras well as mineralcompouncls from the water and thus avoid the formation of an objectionable and offensive core in.v a* block of-ice `when thev water is-'used for ice making.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists in certain novel. features of construction and combinations of parts as hereinafter set forthl and pointed out in the claims;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 isv avertical longitudinal section on the line -w of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a plan view; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line y-'-y of Fig. 1. v

My improvements contemplate apparatus used for purifying distilled water for ice and comprisesmeans for spraying or atomizing 'water vwhile hot thrdugh a regulated quantity of air in such manner that the water, as it settles from the air, will still remain very hot, so that it will not re tain any air or other gases in solution. This spraying is accomplished in a closed Vessel provided with the necessary appliances for spraying the hot Water and passing through the .tank the required amount of air and avoiding the'too rapid cooling of the water bythe presence of too much air. This oper'- ation is conducted in such a manner that the gases and odors will leave the water and The soluble metallic compounds are oxidized and rendered insoluble so that they can be filtered out, and I obtain a much superior quality of water byA utilizing the heat of -thewater itself, and the air through .which it is sprayed.

I have found that spraying cold water l through air will not subserve the purpose of my invention, but that it is essential to the successful accomplishment of the purpose of Patented nec. 15, 1914'.

tained hot and finelyl subdividedV while it4 is beingsubject'ed to the air currents' While the. spraying of cold water" through air might result in the removal of al portion of the material. which would cau-se an odorous core 1.11 the ice, stilil it would absorb (even if 1t were previously pure) a sufficientv amount of air and other gases to give a bad core to theV ice,

In carrying out m5;- invention,.the water is preferably heated under pressure to a temperatureA considerably above thej boiling point, so that when it is sprayed there will be a sufficient ,amount of steam generated from. the heat within itself to dividev or atomize the water into very ne particles.

This-aqueous mist will be of suiciently high point so that the action of. the free oxygeny in the. air will 'be very energeticin completmg the decomposition of some of the partially decomposed. matter and breaking it up into simpler 'f and less objectionable .compounds.' The heat will also l.be suiiiciently high to prevent the water from re-dissolving any of the gases that it may have given up and also to prevent it. from absorbing air, whichy would later cause the formation of a white'. core in the. ice. y

In the apparatus shown in the drawings, 1 represents a tank, through the top of which, a pipe 2 enters'. rand provided with a spraying nozzle 3. Adjacent to the tank 1 is a smaller tank or tube 4 having an open upper end andcommunicating at` its lower end with a chamber 5- having an inclined bottom 6 and a discharge outlet 7., The air will freely enter the open upper end of the tank or tube 4 and as itA :passes downwardly through the same, will be subjected to a water spray which will serve towash said air to free it from any dust or other solid particles-which it might contain. The water spray in .the auxiliary tank or tube 4, may be provided through the medium of a nozzle 8-'at'the end ofv a pipe 9 which enters the open end of said tank or tube, and saidpipe may be supplied with: water from any convenient source. y

A. perforated pipe 10 is disposed in proximity to the bottom of the tank 1 and projects into the airI chamber 5, said pipe being provided (iwithin the air chamber) with an air inlet opening 11, -in its under portion,

through which air passes (without carrying water with it) from the chamber to the perforated pipe 10, by means of which latter 4 the air will be discharged in the lower porf.; tion of the tank 1. In its passage upwardl through the heated aqueous mist, in the tan l, the .air -will be heated and will nd an v is hung so as to be suspended within sai re- 16,-from which latter the hot water over-1 ceptacle. A pipe-17 from a condenser,I conducts water (which usually has a temperature`varyingfrom two hundred to two hundredl and 'twelve degrees Fah.) to the cup Hows into the receptacle 14.A From the bottom of the receptacle 14, the hot water flows downwardly through a pipe 18 to a steam injector 19 and the latter operates to force the water upwardly through a pipe 20 which communicates with the pipe 2.

Apipe 21 supplies steam from any con# venient source, to the injector 19, and in this pipe, a ,valve 22 is located. The stem of this valve is provided with an arm 23, with which the lower end of a rod 24 is connected, the upper end of'said rod beingconnected with an arm of the bell-crank lever 15.

The cup 16 in the receptacle 14 acts as a float which, (when it rises) increases the supply of steam to the injector by impartf ing motion through the bell-crank 14, rod 24 and arm 23 to the valve 22, which will increase the opening movement of said valve. When the level pf the water in the receptacle 14 descends, the cup 16 will descend and operate (through the connections above described) to operate the valve 22 in thereverse direction and thus throttle the steam to prevent the injector from exhausting the hundred pounds or more, to the square inch,

' in the pipe 20, and under such pressure the water will be discharged fromthe nozzle 3 and sprayed or atomized in the tank 1. The steam used for pumping the water also serves to heat it (or to maintain it hot) Aand it will be thrown from the nozzle in very fine particles at a temperature over the boiling point, which causes the small globules of water to divide up into very small particles, thereby exposing the water intimately to the action of the surrounding air and steam given off by the hot. water,-un `der which conditions, the various gases and odors formerly held in solution by the water will, by the law of the diffusion of gases, leave-the water and pass ofi' with the air and water vapor formed, and those small particles will also be exposed to free Xygen of the atmosphere at a temperature a little below the boiling point. Under these conditions a great many of the compounds will be tank 1 through a spout 25, into a by-pass def vice 26, which latter discharges into a suitablepipe or duct 2.7. The'by-pass device comprises a receptacle 28' provided with a passage 29'into which water may overflow from the main portion of th( receptacle, and the latter is provided at or near its bottom with a small hole 30 which communicates with the passage 29. The outer wall of the passage 29 projects somewhat above the main portion of the receptacle. The receptacle A26 is carried by a pivotally supported arm A31, from the free end of which, a weighty32 is suspended to counterbalance the said receptacle and its contents. operation of the apparatus, the by-pass device will be disposed as shown in Figi 1, so 'A that the water will flow from 'the receptacle and be discharged through the h passage 29 into thereceiving pipe or ductl2 During the normal Should an accident happen to the supply :of water or steam, or anything go wrong withthe-injector, the consequent reduction of the supply of water would cause the temperature to drop to a point where the water would carry with it a sufficient amount of a1r and gases to form an objectionable core in the ice when the water has .been frozen. To prevent this from contaminating the water previously treated, the drip hole 30 is made' so' small that it will not conduct all the water while the apparatus is i working at normal capacity, and therefore part of it will overflow into the upper portion of the passage 29, but when the supply of water diminishes to the extent that the the drip hole 30 will drain the receptacle 28,

and the weight 32 will descend' and elevate- .valve being set at the proper position after the' temperature within the tank has been dewater will not have the desired qualities,

termined. However where there is 'an irregularity of flow, lwhich might cause the temperature within the tank 1 to fluctuate, the regulation of the air-should be automatic. For this purpose,lI have provided an automatic heat regulator comprising a valve 33 adapted to coperate with the upper end of the damper pipe ortube 12, said valve being carried by an arm or lever 34 pivotally supported by a bracket 35. A. bulb 36 (preferably of copper) 'depends from lthe valve 33 and is connected b `a Ytube 37 with a bulb 38 mounted onl the ree end of the valve arm or lever 34, said tube passing through a cooling chamber 39 carried by said arm o'r lever. A sufficient amount of tetrachlorid of carbon is placed in said bulbs to fill one of them to about three-fourths its capacity. When the heat regulator is in its normal working condition as shown-in the drawings, about vone-half -of the liquid will be in each bulb, and the" valve will 'be balanced. Should the temperature in the tank 1 fall below 155 F. the liquid will run from the bulb 38 into the bulb 33 and the valve,

` will descend, thus throttling lthe air and in said chalnb'er,a`i'eafisf for admitting air.v `to the chamber',-!,a-ndjqmeans for controlthereby allowing vrise,thereby increasing the -flow of air through the tank and producing the desired reduction of temperature. l'

Other meansmight be employed for automatically controlling the flow of air through the tank and thus maintaining the temperature within the tank uniform.'

i Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new ,and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, isz-V f 1. In water purifying apparatus, the combination withifa closed chamber having an air inlet and an' air outlet, of a spray nozzle in' thechamber, a steam injector, means connecting a water sup means yconnecting t e injector' wit the spray nozzle',and means for ycontrolling the exit of air'andgases through the air outlet of the chamber. v. QI

2. In water'purifyingap aratus,'the combinatioii with azchambero means for heating water and'jatomizing it under pressure ling' the exit ofyf'a'ir-and' aises from said chamber.-k l

4purifying water, the l mber, of means for heating w "r and atomizing it under pressure in' said chamber," means for admitting air to-said chamber, means for washing thel the hot 'water to increase` the temperature.' l Onthe other hand, if the 1y with said in'ector,

i air before it enters the, chamber, andv means v for regulating the flow of air through vand the exit of air and gases from saidchamber.

4L. In apparatus for purifying water, the combination with a chamber, of means foi heating water and Iatomizing water in said chamber, means for admitting air to said chamber, means for controlling the exit of ,airy from said chamber, and means for diverting the discharge of waterffiom said chamber when the ltemperature in the latter fallsto a prohibitive degree.

5. Inl apparatus for purifyingfwater, the combination with a chamber, means for heating Water and atomizing it in said chamber, air inlet and-outlet means for the chamber means operating automatically to maintain tlie'teniperature within the chamber approximately uniform,`a normal discharge channel for water from said chamber, and means for diverting water from said channel when the temperature in the chamber descends to a prohibitive degree.

6. In apparatus for purifying water, the

combination with a closed chamber having an air in let and an air outlet, of a water re ceptacle,4 a cup float in said receptacle, a lever suspending said cup in the receptacle, means for dischargingy water into said cup, a steam injector, a pipe connecting said receptacle with the steam injector2 a spray y nozzle ini said. chamber, a pipeconnecting the steam injectorl with said nqzzle, asteam pipe communicating withl said injector, a valve in said steam pipe, an arm on said valve, and a rod connecting the valve arm with the leverwhich carries said cu Ifloat. i j

In apparatus'for purifying water, the combination with a chamber having an air inlet andan air outlet, of means for atomizioo ing hot water in said chamber, a water disy charlge passage normally communicating witht e receiving channel and also communicating with the bottom of' the chamber of said counterweighted receptacle through va contracted opening.

`8. In water purifying apparatus, the combination withI a tank, of means -for atom'izing heated water in said chamber, a perforated air inlet pipe entering the lower portion of said tank, an outlet tube communicating with the upper portion of said tank," and means for control ing the exit of ,air ,and vases through said outlet tube.

9. n a paratus for purifying water, the combination with a tank provided with a water discharge spout, of means for' heating water,- means or atomizing the" heated water in said tank, air inlet means at the bottom iii ofthe tank, an outlet tube for air and gases at the top of the tank, and an, automatic heat-regulating device for controlling the exit'of air and gases through said outlet tank open at itstop, a perforated pipe in.

l'the lower portion of the main tank and communicating with the auxiliary tank, a

y Water nozzle discharging into the auxiliary tank, a discharge outlet at the bottom of the auxiliary tank, an outlet tube for air and 15 gases at the top of the main tank, and means for controlling the' exit of air and gases through said outlet tube.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 20 ing witnesses.

` JOHN PATTEN.

Witnesses:

HARRIET S. MAG'RAW, MARY E. UPMAN.- 

